Lupin - Potioncat's challenge ( Was: Cannons and teachers)

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 128514

Sophierom:
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Is there any possible canon evidence to suggest what Lupin might be 
like with a different audience?

Alla:

I honestly don't remember ever seeing Lupin teaching Slytherins. Are 
you saying that he could have been Snape-like teacher with Slyths?

It is just my speculation based on my general opinion of Lupin, but 
I am having trouble seeing it.

Just my opinion  of course,


Sophierom responding:

I agree that Lupin probably wouldn't be "Snape-like" with the
Slytherins, but I also wonder if he would have been as informal and
friendly with the other houses, most particularly Slytherin.  If he
does maintain the same teaching style for all four houses, he might
not be nearly successful with his other students.  I could see his
informal, hands-on style appealing to the Hufflepuffs (what little we
know of them) as well as the Gryffindors, but I would think that the
Ravenclaws and the Slytherins would tend to appreciate a more formal,
assertive authority figure. 

If Remus has remained true to his Marauder personality from Hogwarts,
he's not necessarily a very assertive figure, especially in the face
of more dominant personalities (such as James and Sirius).  However, I
think we have clues from canon that he's been able to learn how to be
assertive in his own way.  Alla's discussion of how he handled Snape's
bullying of Neville is a good example.  There's also the way he
managed to hold back Sirius (just barely) in the Shrieking Shack. This
is all speculation, of course, but my guess is that Lupin either had
to put on a different "face" in front of the other houses (especially
Slytherin) or that he wasn't nearly as successful an instructor with
them as he was with Neville, Harry & Co.